Destruction Of The Ancient Persian Empire example essay topic
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Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire. He was born on July 20,356 B.C.E. in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was the son of Philip 11, King of Macedonia, and Olympias, a Princess of Epirus. Alexander was tutored literature which got him interested in science, medicine, and philosophy. His father was killed in the summer of 336 B.C. ; therefore, Alexander went up to the Macedonian throne. Alexander began his was against Persia in the spring of 334 B.C. Crossing the Hellespont with an army of 35,000 Macedonian and Greek troops. He attacked an army of Persians totaling 40,000 men. His army defeated the enemy: it is said he only lost 110 men. After the battle, all the states of Asia Minor were pleased with him. He continued southward and found the main Persian army at Issus, in northern Syria.
In 333 the Battle of Issus ended and was a great victory for Alexander. He captured Gaza and then went on to Egypt. Soon he has control over the entire Mediterranean coastline. Later in 332, he founded the city of Alexandria, at the mouth of the Nile River.
This later became the literary, scientific, and commercial center of the Greek world. In winter, Alexander forced his way to Persepolis, the Persian capital. He got drunk and burned down the city which completed the destruction of the ancient Persian Empire. His empire now extended along and beyond the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, including modern Afghanistan and Baluchistan. Also into Central Asia. It took Alexander only 3 years to conquer this large area.
He arrived in Babylon in the spring of 323 B.C. In June he got a fever and died.
